Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Monday, December 30, 2013

THE LIST - EVERYTHING COMIC RELEASED ON 12.31.2013

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
DARK HORSE COMICS
NOV1300411 FOR $1 CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1$1.00
NOV1300381 FOR $1 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1$1.00
NOV1300491 FOR $1 X #1$1.00
NOV130018BAD BLOOD #1$3.99
NOV130017BALTIMORE CHAPEL OF BONES #1$3.50
NOV130043CATALYST COMIX #7 (MR)$2.99
NOV130019GRINDHOUSE DOORS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT #4$3.99
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NOV130054MICHAEL AVON OEMINGS VICTORIES #8 (MR)$3.99
NOV130048OCCULTIST #4$3.50
SEP130074PARIAH TP$14.99
AUG130127POWERS FIGURE SET FULL CASE W/ SGN CHASE SET$199.99
NOV130026STAR WARS #0 LUCAS DRAFT$3.99
SEP130064STAR WARS OMNIBUS DARK TIMES TP VOL 01$24.99
NOV130033TERMINATOR SALVATION FINAL BATTLE #2$3.99
SEP130043TRUE LIVES O/T FABULOUS KILLJOYS #6$3.99
DC COMICS
OCT130224ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #8$3.99
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AUG130303BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED HC VOL 03$24.99
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SEP130278BATMAN JUDGE DREDD TP$19.99
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IDW PUBLISHING
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IMAGE COMICS
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MARVEL COMICS
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

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MAGAZINES

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
SEP1312902000 AD PACK NOV 2013$21.00
NOV131442COMIC SHOP NEWS #1385PI
SEP131530DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #22 BATMAN #164 ANIMATED$20.00
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SEP131522MARVEL FACT FILES SPECIAL #1 THOR$32.00
SEP131550SCREEM #27$8.95

BOOKS

ITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICE
OCT131502BOUNTY HUNTER CODE FROM FILES OF BOBA FETT DLX HC$99.99
APR131424HOW TO DRAW SC$39.95
AUG131641MINIFIGURE CUSTOMIZATION SC VOL 02 WHY LIVE I/T BOX$10.95

MERCHANDISE

 HOBGOBLIN STATUE
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AUG132102ARCHER WEE BABY SEAMUS PLUSHPI
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